The Australia Council grants model supports a diverse range of artists, artistic practice, organisations and arts activity. It is easier and simpler to apply for grants.

Four Year Funding for Organisations

The Four Year Funding program provides multi-year core program funding for small to medium arts organisations of significant regional, national or international standing. Four Year Funding will enable organisations to plan ambitious artistic programs with longer term certainty and increase their capacity to leverage other support and collaborations.

The Four Year Funding program is a key component of the Council’s strategy to foster a vibrant and sustainable national arts sector. This investment will support some of Australia’s leading small to medium arts companies to create and present excellent and innovative artistic work that engages audiences and develops markets nationally and internationally. The organisations supported play a critical role in the Australian arts landscape by working with a diverse range of artists, art forms and communities across the country.

After lengthy sector consultation the Australia Council launched a responsive new grants model in 2015, which included consistent multi-year core program funding across all art forms. The Council’s grants model is an integrated suite of programs with multi-year core program funding for organisations designed to be complemented by regular project grants for individuals, groups and organisations. Further information about other Australia Council grants is available here.

Four Year Funded Organisations can make one application per calendar year, subject to the Catalyst restrictions outlined in the Arts-Projects – Organisations guidelines. These organisations can still apply to Government Programs delivered by the Australia Council.

The minimum eligible grant request for Four Year Funding is $75,000 per year and maximum amount is $300,000 per year. Further information about eligibility, criteria and assessment for the Four Year Funding program is available here.

The assessment process for Four Year Funding from 2017 – 2020 has been completed. Applications will open again in 2019.

The Four Year Funding program replaces the Key Organisations programs. Current funding arrangements through the Key Organisations conclude on 31 December 2016.

The following organisations are being supported through the Four Year Funding program from 1 January 2017:

Organisation Name

State/territory

Amount Funded per annum

Arts Practice

Art Gallery of South Australia

SA

$200,000

Visual Arts

Art Monthly Australia

ACT

$91,144

Visual Arts

Artback NT Arts Development and Touring Inc

NT

$300,000

Multi-Arts

Artlink Australia

SA

$80,000

Visual Arts

Arts Access Australia Limited

TAS

$225,000

Multi-Arts

Arts Access Society Inc (trading as Arts Access Victoria)

VIC

$270,000

Community Arts and Cultural Development

Arts Law Centre of Australia

NSW

$244,320

*

Artspace Visual Arts Centre Ltd

NSW

$239,200

Visual Arts

Asian Australian Artists Association Inc

NSW

$85,000

Visual Arts

Association of Northern Kimberley & Arnhem Aboriginal Artists

NT

$215,000

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts

Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd (APRA)

for Sounds Australia

NSW

$300,000

Music

Australian Art Orchestra Ltd

VIC

$292,000

Music

Australian Book Review Inc

VIC

$140,000

Literature

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

VIC

$264,000

Visual Arts

Australian Copyright Council

NSW

$261,628

*

Australian Dance Theatre

SA

$300,000

Dance

Australian Music Centre Ltd

NSW

$280,000

Music

Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT)

SA

$300,000

Emerging and Experimental Arts

Australian Script Centre

TAS

$208,000

Theatre

Australian String Quartet Inc

SA

$250,000

Music

Australian Theatre for Young People

NSW

$275,000

Theatre

Back to Back Theatre Inc

VIC

$300,000

Theatre

Barking Gecko Theatre Company Ltd

WA

$165,000

Theatre

Barkly Regional Arts Inc

NT

$300,000

Community Arts and Cultural Development

Beyond Empathy Ltd

NSW

$270,000

Community Arts and Cultural Development

Biennale of Sydney Limited

NSW

$300,000

Visual Arts

BlakDance Australia Ltd

QLD

$175,000

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts

Branch Nebula Incorporated

NSW

$150,000

Theatre

Metro Arts

QLD

$150,000

Multi-Arts

Uplit

QLD

$95,000

Literature

Brown's Mart Arts Limited

NT

$195,000

Theatre

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Limited

QLD

$250,000

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts

Campbelltown Arts Centre

NSW

$200,000

Multi-Arts

Canberra Glassworks Limited

ACT

$123,750

Visual Arts

Canberra Symphony Orchestra

ACT

$253,366

*

Carriageworks

NSW

$300,000

Multi-Arts

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

NT

$266,000

Music / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts

Chunky Move Ltd

VIC

$300,000

Dance

Circa

QLD

$300,000

Theatre

Community Arts Network Western Australia Ltd

WA

$300,000

Community Arts and Cultural Development

Contemporary Art Tasmania

TAS

$213,675

Visual Arts

Corrugated Iron Youth Arts Inc

NT

$260,000

Theatre

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre Inc

ACT

$95,000

Visual Arts

Crafts Council of Victoria Ltd

VIC

$100,000

Visual Arts

Creative Recovery Network Inc

QLD

$200,000

Community Arts and Cultural Development

Crossroad Arts Inc

QLD

$110,000

Community Arts and Cultural Development

Cultural Development Network Inc

VIC

$210,000

Community Arts and Cultural Development

Dance North (trading under North Queensland Ballet and Dance Company Limited)